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Wyo. Stat. § 5-9-129 (2026)

Criminal jurisdiction.

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Circuit courts have original jurisdiction in all misdemeanor
criminal cases.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2004–2023 · leading case: Brittany Brown v. State, 2017 WY 45 (Wyo. 2017).
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Brittany Brown v. State, 2017 WY 45 (Wyo. 2017). · cites it 2× “” Wyo. Stat Ann. § 5-9-129 (LexisNexis 2015).”
Circuit Court of the Eighth Jud. Dist. v. Lee Newspapers, 2014 WY 101 (Wyo. 2014). · cites it 2× “And, while district courts retain jurisdiction over felony cases," the legislature has explicitly provided that cireuit courts rule over preliminary examinations. "Preliminary examinations for persons charged with a felony shall be conducted by the circuit court judge or…”
Messer v. State, 2004 WY 98 (Wyo. 2004). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 5-9-129 and 132 (LexisNexis 2003).”
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Kunz, 186 P.3d 378 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 2× “"); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-9-129 ("Cireuit courts have original jurisdiction in all misdemeanor criminal cases.”
Christopher D. Balderson v. The State of Wyoming, 2013 WY 107 (Wyo. 2013). · cites it 2× “5 § 10; Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-9-129 (Lexis-Nexis 2018).”
Bryan A. Skoric, Park Cnty. & Prosecuting Attorney & State of Wyoming, By & Through Bryan A. Skoric, Park Cnty. & Prosecuting Attorney, Relator v. Park Cnty. Circuit Court, Fifth Jud. Dist., Honorable S. Joseph Darrah Presiding, 2023 WY 59 (Wyo. 2023). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-9-129 . Circuit courts do not have original jurisdiction over felony cases; the district courts do.”
Lyle L. Williams v. State of Wyoming ex rel., Univ. of Wyoming Bd. of Trs., 2019 WY 90 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 2× “”); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-9-129 (“Circuit courts have original jurisdiction in all misdemeanor criminal cases.”
Blanton v. State, 178 P.3d 410 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 2× “” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-9-129 . Circuit courts do not have original jurisdiction over felony cases.”
Protz v. State, 435 P.3d 394 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 2× “5, § 10 ; Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 5-9-129 , -132 (LexisNexis 2017).”
Bryan A. Skoric, Park Cnty. & Prosecuting Attorney & State of Wyoming, By & Through Bryan A. Skoric, Park Cnty. & Prosecuting Attorney, Relator v. Park Cnty. Circuit Court, Fifth Jud. Dist., Honorable S. Joseph Darrah Presiding, 2023 WY 59 (Wyo. 2023). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-9-129 . Circuit courts do not have original jurisdiction over felony cases; the district courts do.”
Christopher D. Balderson v. The State of Wyoming, 2013 WY 107 (Wyo. 2013). · cites it 2× “5 § 10; Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-9-129 (LexisNexis 2013).”
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